Floor & Decor, a specialty flooring retailer, will open its first Greater Cincinnati location in Columbia Township.

The retailer is moving into an 80,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by a Walmart, located at 3430 Highland Ave. Floor & Decor will open June 5 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m.

The Cincinnati store will employ 45. The store’s leadership team includes Scott Gauthier, chief executive merchant, and sales managers Rick Burt and Ryan Samson. Customers also will have access to Floor & Decor’s in-house design professionals.

Based in Atlanta, Floor & Decor offers a broad selection of marble, hardwood, travertine, granite, ceramic, tile and laminate flooring available to individuals and contractors. It is focused on the residential remodeling segment. The retailer also sells a variety of tools and related accessories for hard surface flooring projects.

The closest Floor & Decor is located in Hilliard, Ohio, northwest of downtown Columbus.

The Cincinnati Floor & Decor will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Floor & Decor was founded in 2000 and currently operates 41 stores in 21 markets across the U.S. Stores typically range in size from 60,000 square feet to 80,000 square feet, with each store stocking about 2,500 products.